HURRICANE
OTIS - GEOGRAPHY
News:
Mexico
Hurricane Death Toll Hits 39
What's
in the news?
● The
storm caused severe flooding, destroyed homes and left thousands without power.
● The
cost of the devastation is estimated to be in the billions of dollars.
Hurricane
'Otis':
● Hurricane
Otis hits the southern coast of Mexico.
● It
was a Level 5 cyclone, which is the
highest category of cyclone.
● The
World Meteorological Organization described Hurricane Otis as one of the
strongest hurricanes ever.
● It
was even stronger than another hurricane, Patricia, which hit in 2015.
Hurricane:
● The
term “hurricane” is usually used for the large storms that form over the
Atlantic Ocean or the eastern Pacific Ocean.
● Hurricanes
are enormous storms which come with a rotating
wind speed of 74 miles per hour.
● Hurricanes
leave their mark on the earth by ripping up trees, causing floods and
destroying homes.
● Hurricanes
last longer and cover up to 500,000 square miles of land.
Features
of Hurricane:
● Hurricanes
are violent storms and can travel up to 300 miles across.
● A hurricane can last for
more than 14 days.
● The
first hurricane of every year gets a name starting with the letter A, second
with B, and so on.
● There
is a wall of clouds around a hurricane’s eye that is called the eyewall. The
storm’s strongest winds exist in the eyewall.
● The
deadliest hurricane in the United States hit Galveston, Texas in 1900. A storm
surge 20 feet high rushed through the whole city and more than 8000 people were
killed.
Difference
between Hurricane and Typhoon:
● Typhoons
and hurricanes are the same storms. The only
difference between them is their names.
● According
to geographical position, the name of this storm varies. These storms are known
as typhoons in the western Pacific Ocean and hurricanes in the eastern Pacific
Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. In Australia, In India - Bay of
Bengal and the Indian Ocean these types of storms are called cyclones.